Social Work Officer
Complex Needs | 1 N22 |£22.36 per hour (incl. of Holiday Pay) | 3-4 months | Job Ref: BD9315 | Posted: 17/11/2025
Central Recruitment is currently recruiting for a Social Work Officer, to work in the Haringey area. The service supports vulnerable adults across the borough using a strengths-based model of practice.
The successful candidate will be required to work 36 hours per week, working across Monday - Friday, 9AM - 5PM. Temporary cover is required until February 2026. The pay rate is £19.95 per hour, with £2.41 holiday pay, totalling £22.36 per hour.
In this position, you will be required to:
- Work within strengths-based model of practice and hold a non-complex caseload to support residents to improve their independence and wellbeing by working closely with partners and maximising the use and benefit of community resources
- Undertake strengths-based assessments, reviews and support planning that enable residents to maximise their independence, improve quality of life and build their resilience
- Provide practical support to residents and carers that helps support them such as accessing living aids and accessing the welfare benefit system in order to provide advice and information to service users
- Assist in arranging short term care and in providing clients and carers with respite to reduce carer breakdown
- Work with adult clients, relatives, carers and communities to help them make informed decisions, enabling them to clarify and express their needs and contribute to support planning
- Liaise with colleagues across the Haringey health and social care partnership in order to gather information relevant to assessment and support planning activities
- Maintain and update reliable, timely and accurate case notes, systems and other records and write reports as required
- Assist social worker teams in managing more complex cases and support social workers to collect information and present to legal
- Undertake reviews of care packages
- Contribute to effective Multi-Disciplinary Team working by inputting through meetings and working with others to achieve best outcomes for those accessing services
- Attend safeguarding strategy meetings were required.
- Complete Continuing Health Care checklists and identify those that require full assessments
- Understanding, knowledge and ability to follow guidelines that ensures compliance with Health and Safety at Work, Data Protection and other statutory requirements.
To apply for this role, you must have:
- Experience of working with vulnerable adults and an understanding of the part that Adult Social Care plays in maximising the independence of vulnerable adults
- Understanding of social care ethics and values; being able to explain what they are and demonstrate that you share these values
- Ability to develop positive and productive relationships with people, including the ability to empathise, motivate and inspire as well as fulfilling your part of any requirement
- Ability to be creative and positive in identifying solutions with residents that maximise and build upon their strengths
- Ability to develop positive and productive working relationships with colleagues to deliver successfully both as an individual and as part of a team
- Ability to produce coherent and business like written communication such as high quality assessments, reviews, support plans and reports
- Ability to plan and prioritise to meet deadlines and targets
- Knowledge and experience of using IT
Candidates must confirm their interest as soon as possible, with interviews scheduled shortly after and the appointed candidate expected to start as soon as possible.
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